Assignment on Criminology
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Added on 2020-07-23
Assignment on Criminology
Added on 2020-07-23
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Type of offence that has been committed....................................................................................1Characters that could have been committed the crime................................................................3Critically discussing the evidences for suggesting the characters...............................................4Problems of application of theoretical evidences while identifying............................................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTION Criminology is related to the study of all aspects of the crime and enforcement of law.ithelps in ascertaining the social setting of any offence, prohibiting and prevention strategies,investigating and detecting the offender and the overall crime scene. It also helps in analysing thepunishments based upon the intensity of the crime that has been performed by the offender. Thereport will make comprehensive discussion regarding the case scenario of Yasmin where she hasreported to the police regarding theft of money. The report helps in analysing the crime that hasbeen committed by the offender in case o0f Yasmin. Further, the report discusses pros and consof the case and analyse that who can be the offender in the given case scenario. The report thendiscusses the characteristics of various offenders such as, Archie, Dani and Chris and theirmotive behind they will able to be sufficiently discussed in the report with adequate amount ofreasons. In the ends, the report will help in analysing different sociological theories such as,classical, sociological, biological and Interactionist. The report also discusses the issues faced bythe investigator in applying theoretical theories in practical examination case of Yasmin.Type of offence that has been committedAccording to Weisburd (2015), Crime is an offence which has been performedinternationally which results in violation of the stated law. Since, it is an unlawful act, it ispunishable by the state of any other higher authority. The crime or offence is not about harming aparticular individual but it can also be destructive to a group of individual or for the wholesociety. These kinds of practices and acts are forbidden by the law which leads to punishing theoffenders as well. The decision of punishment is taken after analysing the intensity of the crimeand destruction or damage that has been made by it. However, in the view of Taylor, Walton andYoung (2013), crime is an intentional act. An act is declared as a crime which is direct violationof the rules that have been framed by the government for a particular society. Crime varies uponthe type of society and differences in the cultures as well. There are three elements based onwhich crime remain consistent in the countries or states. These are, harm, social agreements andsocial reactions towards the offence.According to Ferrell (2014) there are certain classes of offence. These are, offenceagainst the person, violent offence, sexual offence and offence against property. Offence againstthe person comprises of the crime that has directed physical harm or pressure over a particularindividual. It can be in the form of fatal offence, sexual offence, non-fatal offence, assaults,1
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